Alliance from UNP to demand implementation of the 17th amendment

LankaTruth 05th Sep: 2008. 11.25 AM

The UNP will take the initiative to build an alliance of political parties and mass organizations to demand the government to implement the 17th amendment to the Constitution said Secretary General of the UNP Tissa Aattanayake.
Speaking at a media meeting held in Colombo yesterday (4th) Mr. Attanayake said UNP Leader Ranil Wickremasinghe has been authorized by the party to hold discussions with political parties and other mass organizations regarding the formation of the alliance.
Mr. Attanayake said commissions including the police, government services, election, and judicial commissions have been made inactive and democracy has been weakened and threatened due to the failure to establish the Constitutional Council proposed in the 17th amendment.
The proposed alliance would be established very soon said Mr. Attanayake and through this alliance campaigns to demand the government to implement the 17th amendment would be carried out in the parliament and outside it added the Secretary General of the UNP.